Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-01
Washington Notes.
BY telegraph TO the Dispatch.

WASHINGTON. June 30.-The President
today appointed Joseph w. Preston, OF
Monticello. Gg., to be agent for the Indians
Of the mission agency in California.
II is estimated at the Treasury Depart
ment that the reduction OF the public debt
for June i about S1j.OOO,000.
II iS stated al the White House to-day
that the President has decided to attend
the centennial celebration at Clinton, n.
Y, on the 18th proximO, but beyond that
he has not yet completed his arrangements
for the summer. lie drives out TO his sum-
mer residence at Oak View every afternoon
a, usual, and returns to the White House
in the morning.
OF the fifty seven clerks In the office OF
the OuartSrmaStPr-G General who up to date
have been examined for promotion under
the new ciVilseTyice rules thirty were men
aid tWeuty.seyen women. Tue eXamina-
ton Of the papers shows that SIX men and
two women failed 10 attain the minimum OF
- Of possible 100. Commissioner Oberiy
today said that the women, as rule,
pa>,ed q more satisfactory examination
than the men and reached higher averages.
The fact that is regarded by the commits
sion as very significant Is that the mark
ing on efficiency by the Quartermaster-
ArfNtItl IilaNt HllDl W tiit eh'A
Kent secret until after the result OF the eX-
animation had been determined agreed
almost exactly with the marking OF the eX-
amipers. There was only one exception.
This result is highly satisfactory 10 the
commission, who regard 1t as refutation
Of the charge that in these examinations
i,yoriiism would control the rating for
efficiency.
The President has plrdoned Thomas
Ballard, the notorious counterieiter, who
was sentenced J January 81, 1915, TO thirty
wears Imprisonment IN Albany peniten-
iisry for engraving and having in his pos
session counterfeit plates, notes, etc. In
endorsing the application the PTesiden;
say, that the prisoner was supposed to be
one Of the most expert c0unterfeiters IN the
country. He has now been In prison
equivalent TO more than fifteen years, al
lowing the deduction he has secured for
GOOD behavior. HlS crOwT TO be an
old man, broken uo"n physically and
mentally.
The changes I'm the clerical '0Iee OF the
Post.Ofice aud Interior Departments Incl.
cent 10 the close Of the fiscal year are COM
parstiyoly Slight. In the Post-Oihce De-
u,rlmeut only one clerk was removed.
One 81 500 position created by the new APP
Precipitation hill was filed by promotion.
Quite q number OF promotions and trans
icrs were made. In the Interior Depart
mcut proper a few unlmpOrtant changes
will be made.
Twenty clerks in the Treasury Depart
mcnt have been dismissed, to take effect TO-
morrow, because Of the failure OF Congress
10 make provision for the payment OF their
salaries. A number OF minor changes,
such 81 increases and reduction. In the
salaries OF certain officers, will take eheet
tomorrow. a. does also the executive order
consolidating the internal-reyenue districts
and reducing the number Of collectors and
other employees.
The judicial branch OF the Government Is
increased by two judges. and few clerical
changes occur ia tue Department OF Jus
tice.
The % per cent. reduction in the salaries
Of assistant district attorneys goes Into
effect tomorrow.
The new appropriations will cause about
tweuty-four changes in the Agricultural
Department. Twelve new appointments
will be msde aud about twelve persons
serving under temporary appointments
will be transferred TO the permanent rolls.
The appropriation for tue Government
Printing. Office is about Sl50,OOO less than
for the past fiscal year, but Pu6ic-frinier
Benedict says that very few employees VIII
be disturbed.